Prevent XmlReader from expanding XML entities

Question

Is there a way to prevent .NET\'s XmlReader class from expanding XML entities into their value when reading the content?

For instance, suppose the follo

Answer 1

One way to do that is use `XmlTextReader', like this:

using (var reader = new XmlTextReader(@"your url"))
{
    // note this
    reader.EntityHandling = EntityHandling.ExpandCharEntities;
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        // here it will be EntityReference with no exceptions
    }
}

If that is not an option - you can do the same with XmlReader, but some reflection will be required (at least I don't aware of another way):

using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(@"your url", new XmlReaderSettings() {
    DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Ignore // or Parse
})) {
     // get internal property which has the same function as above in XmlTextReader
     reader.GetType().GetProperty("EntityHandling", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).SetValue(reader, EntityHandling.ExpandCharEntities);
     while (reader.Read()) {
          // here it will be EntityReference with no exceptions
     }
 }